Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-08
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Regular Monthly Meeting OF the City
Government.

Regular Monthly Meeting OF the City
The regular meeting of the City Govern
ment occurred Wednesday evening, at which
| the following business was transacted:
In concurrence:
Ordered, That the Committee on Schools
and Supervisor be authorized to expend a
SUN not exceeding S75 in repairing and new.
ly furnishing the Brackets Corner school
house. the same to be paid from the contin-
gent fund.
Ordered. That the Mayor be authorized to
draw his warrant for the sum of $50 in pay
ment for removing the Church Hill school
house and putting the same in suitable con.
dition to use.
| Ordered, That the Street Commissioner of
the Western district be authorized to locate a
watering trough at such place on the Brook
road, as he may find convenient.
! DR.. w. B. Lapham petitioned that either
the Oak street sewer or Bridge street sewer
be extended to Elm street, as there was i'm.
| mediate need of drainage on the street.
| Ordered, That the Street Commissioner for
the Western district place in running order
the stone watering trough on Market Square.
The monthly report OF the Overseers of the
Poor was presented.
The Committee on Highways reported that
the awnings should be seven instead of eight
feet in height.
Ordered, That any awning put up and
maintained on any street or sidewalk in the
| city shall be at such height as to leave at
least seven feet Of clear space between such
awning and the street. This order applies to
awnings already raised as well as those to be
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directed to enforce the same.
Ordered, That the Chief of the Fire De-
partment be authorized to provide suitable
buildings to house the new hose carriages.
Referred to the Committee on Fire Depart
ment with power to act finally.
The committee on the communication of
W. II. Furnish offering to sell to the city a
portion of land on the east side of Water
street, reported that they did not regard it tor
the interest of the city to purchase the land.
or to build the wall proposed, and therefore
gave the parties leave to withdraw.
| Permission was granted Geo. s. Ballard to
change the location of his drain which now
enters the sewer on west side of Sewall street,
and extend the same across Sewall, entering
the maine sewer on the east side of said
street.
Ordered, That the chief engineer be in.
\ ohuCttu W nave the new NOOK anu lduuSI
truck lettered.
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner for
the Western district be authorized to lay q
suitable sidewalk on Washington street, said
walk to commence at the house of Mrs
Lishness and extent to the end of the walk in
the gully, beginning again at the north end
of the walk in the gully and extending to
the house of Ethel Jones.
Ordered, That the Superintendent Of
Burying Grounds be instructed to widen the
driveway leading to the Reed cemetery from
the main road.
Ordered, That the Mayor be authorized tc
give a bill of sale to Gideon Hallowell Of
the upper school house on Church Hill, in
behalf of the city.
Ordered. That the City Marshal be directed
to notify John P. Wyman that suitable lights
must be placed during night time opposite
the place occupied by him on Water street
for building purposes to warn travellers of the
obstruction there, and, in case said Wyman
refuses to comply with the order. the City
Marshal is directed to clear said street Of
such obstruction and the license granted to
Wyman is hereby revoked.
Guy Turner, City Treasurer, reported the
receipts for the month of June to have been
1870 03 disbursements, Sll.7lS,56
Ordered, That the Street Commissioner be
instructed to concrete the sidewalk in front
of the residence of j. S. Hobbs and w. II.
Ried on Melville street, these gentlemen de
fraying the expense.
A petition was received from L. B
Hill and seven others asking that
a gravel sidewalk be laid on the
north side of Lincoln street from Chestnut
to Sewall street, and on the east side of
Chestnut street TO Western Avenue. Referred
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referred with power to act the order permit
ting Orrip Williamson to erect and maintain
platform scale in front of his store in
Bridges Block, reported that there are al
ready too many scales on Water street. The
street being narrow it causes great inconven.
fence at times To permit one or two firms
to maintain scales and deny the privilege to a
third, doing business as large as
either, would be doing an injustice
to worthy citizen and an injury
to the business interests of the city. II
the scales are used under proper regulations
no teams need be left standing in front of
other stores. We therefore permit Mr.. Will
hanson to erect and maintain the scale pro-
vided the street drainage be not obstructed,
and the remonstrants have leave to withdraw
Ordered, That Horace North be per
mitted to occupy one-third of Green street
opposite his houses now building, for lumber
aud material.
A communication was received from J. o.
Webster, Supervisor of Schools, asking for
authority to transfer the eight pupils of the
school on the Hospital road to the Williams
| District, the school to be suspended.
Roll of accounts No. amounting to
S.. 593 "a was read, passed and the several
bills ordered paid.
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